A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Welcome to the family, Esme! Yesterday this cutie became the latest pet adoptee from a cat colony on a former rustic property of ours up north by aspiring crazy cat lady, Maya. Cat aquisition is a bit of a family tradition, begun by my Dad, who gave his colorful names, often inspired by T.S. Eliot's ode to cats, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Liturgical: Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
"So he left and did as the LORD had commanded. He went and remained by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan. Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the stream."
Sanctoral: St. Landericus, or St. Landry (d. 661), who was the Bishop of Paris from 650 to his death. He is best remembered as the founder of the first hospital in Paris, known as Hotel-Dieu.
St. Joachima, Spain +1754
Wife, mother, religious sister, mother superior, paralytic
Human: Canada Constitution Act is passed by British Parliament, creating Upper and Lower Canada– 1791: U.S. Marines landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the Spanish-American War– 1898; Alcoholics Anonymous founded – 1935
Natural: National Iced Tea Day; Ben Franklin’s kite and key experiment proved lightning is electricity– 1752
Chartres cathedral faced near total destruction by fire-- 1194
Italian Word of the Day: Stento (hardship)
Quote: “A right Heart exceeds all.”
- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739
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